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Hospitality Lodging Systems Grows Significantly in 2021
January 26, 2022
Hospitality Lodging Systems (HLS) grew during 2021 by 16% in hotels and 21% in rooms, ending the year with 73 hotels and 5,967 rooms. Of these properties, 42 with 4,201 rooms operate under the Budgetel Inn & Suites brand; 21 with 1,171 rooms operate under the AmeriVu Inn & Suites brand; and 10 with 595 rooms operate as Haven Hotel. This compares to the end of 2020 when HLS had 63 hotels with 4,929 rooms. “We are attracting owners who want to keep more of the money they earn, which is especially appealing in today’s post-pandemic marketplace when improving ROI is a top priority,” said Doug Collins, Chairma...
Hospitality Lodging Systems Adds 3 Budgetel Properties
Hospitality Lodging Systems | May 19, 2021
Three hotels have joined the Budgetel portfolio as conversions from other brands: South Point, Ohio -- 142-room conversion from Country Hearth located at the junction of the states of Ohio, Kentucky, and Virginia Paducah, Kentucky – 120-room conversion from Country Hearth located midway between Nashville and St. Louis Marietta, Georgia – 59-room conversion from Motel 6 located in north Atlanta suburb adjacent to the home field of baseball’s Atlanta Braves Budgetel now operates 36 properties. It is one of three brands offered by Atlanta-based Hospitality Lodging Systems (HLS), together with AmeriVu Inn & Suites with 2...
Hospitality Lodging Systems Adds 12 Properties to Management Portfolio
June 20, 2019
June 20, 2019 - Atlanta-based Hospitality Lodging Systems (HLS) continues to grow its network of hotels with the addition of 12 properties so far in 2019 – 7 under the Budgetel brand, three under the AmeriVu brand, and 2 under the Haven Hotel brand: The 7 Budgetel brand hotels are in: Raleigh, NC with 128 rooms Montgomery, Alabama with 108 rooms Birmingham, Alabama at the airport with 100 rooms Fairfield, Alabama with 75 rooms Huntsville, Alabama with 63 rooms Pine Mountain, Georgia with 61 rooms Butler, Missouri with 42 rooms The 3 AmeriVu brand hotels are in: Wilmington, NC with 113 rooms Wolcott, Conn...
Hospitality Lodging Systems Signs Master Licensee for International Expansion of Budgetel and Haven Brands
Hospitality Lodging Systems | January 23, 2018
Atlanta-based Hospitality Lodging Systems (HLS) will expand its Budgetel and Haven economy brands internationally under a new master license agreement with Continent Hotels Worldwide (CHW) based in Istanbul, Turkey. The 15-year agreement covers Turkey and Russia plus countries in central Asia as well as east, central, and west Africa. "There is a strong demand in these areas for dependable lodging at affordable prices, so the names Budgetel and Haven offer our company a distinctive way to pursue the economy market," explains Ethem Zagikyan, Managing Partner and principal with CHW. CHW currently operates a portfolio of 27 properties in u...
Hospitality Lodging Systems Opens Six New Properties in Tennessee, Arizona and Wisconsin
Hospitality Lodging Systems | November 30, 2017
Atlanta-based Hospitality Lodging Systems continues to grow its network of hotels with the opening of six new properties – two under the Budgetel brand and four under the AmeriVu brand: Budgetel in Chattanooga, Tennessee with 280 rooms becomes the largest Budgetel Budgetel in Yuma, Arizona with 151 rooms becomes the first Budgetel in Arizona and is a former America's Best Value Inn (ABVI) AmeriVu in Hayward, Wisconsin with 43 rooms is a re-branded ABVI AmeriVu in Pierre du Chien, Wisconsin with 42 rooms is a former Best Western hotel AmeriVu in Lomira, Wisconsin with 40 rooms is a former Country Hearth Inn AmeriVu in Cumber...
Hospitality Lodging Systems Adding Four AmeriVu Hotels in Wisconsin and Atlanta, Georgia
Hospitality Lodging Systems | October 5, 2017
October 5, 2017 - Atlanta-based Hospitality Lodging Systems (HLS) has added two properties to its portfolio of AmeriVu hotels, with an additional two scheduled to open within 90 days. All four locations are conversions from other brands or from independent status. The two already-open hotels are both in Wisconsin – in Cumberland, featuring 40 rooms, and in Prairie du Chien, with 42 rooms. The hotels scheduled to become AmeriVu properties are in northern Wisconsin, with 43 rooms, and in Atlanta, Georgia with 150 rooms. "We are attracting owners who want to offer value to travelers, while increasing cash flow for themselves," said D...
Hospitality Lodging Systems Opens Two New Haven Inn & Suites in Georgia and Texas
May 23, 2017
Hospitality Lodging Systems (HLS) has opened two new Haven Inn & Suites -- a 140-room conversion in the Atlanta suburb of Stone Mountain and a 39-room newly-built property in the Willowbrook neighborhood of Houston's northwestern suburbs. The hotel in Texas features a two-floor, exterior corridor design. It is convenient to numerous corporate offices, as well as the 312-bed Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital; the Sam Houston Race Park, site of horse racing and music concerts; and the Willowbrook Mall, a 161-store regional shopping complex. This Haven Inn is the second to open in Houston this year, with the first being a 42-room ...
Hospitality Lodging Systems Adds Three Budgetel Properties in Alabama Opening June
Hospitality Lodging Systems | May 13, 2016
Atlanta-based Hospitality Lodging Systems (HLS) continues to grow its portfolio of properties with the addition of three new Budgetel hotels, all in Alabama and all scheduled to open in June. The three new Budgetel properties are: Birmingham -- 130 rooms, converted from independent Hoover, located in the southern suburbs of Birmingham -- 130 rooms, converted from independent Mobile -- 65 rooms, converted from Econo Lodge "Our family of brands is attractive to owners who want to take back control of their franchise contract -- with more operating freedom, fewer mandated amenities, and stronger cash flow," says Doug Collins, Chairman...
